欲しい
ほしい
Meanings
- い-adjective wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for See also: 欲しがる (ほしがる).
- い-adjective, Auxiliary adjective I want (you, them, etc.) to (do) (after the -te form of a verb)
Kanji
- 欲 want. Read as ほしい.
Example sentences
- 欲しいものがみつかると、決まって高いものだ。
Whenever I find something I like, it's too expensive. - こんなことにはなって欲しくなかった。
I didn't want this to happen. - ここから遠くまで行けるボートが欲しいです。
I want a boat that will take me far away from here. - 何が欲しいですか。
What do you want? - 欲しくないという事は持っていると同じことだ。
Not wanting is the same as having.
Words containing 欲しい
- 物欲しげ (ものほしげ) greedy
- 欲しがる (ほしがる) to appear to want to have (something)
- 欲しいだけ (ほしいだけ) as much as one wants
And 3 more.